a week. kids, you're going on vacation. thank you so much for watching. the cbs evening news is up next. we will be ba ♪ ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: on this friday night, there are encouraging signs in america's pandemic recovery. daily vaccinations hit another record as the u.s. adds more than 300,000 jobs. even with the positive news, the c.d.c. warns indoor dining and lifting of mask mandates are linked to the spread of the virus and more covid deaths. plus, when dr. fauci says anyone who wants a vaccine, can get one. where's your check? congress works around the e clok to pass s the nearly $2 trilliln covid relief bill. the new changes to unemployment insurance. what you and your family need to know. our exclusive interview with governor cuomo's former assistant. tonight, charlotte bennett tells cbs news she reported the

alleged harassment. what she says happened next. plus, what do you think should happen to andrew cuomo? new riot arrests. the former state department employee appointed by trump. why the man with the top secret security clearance is charged in the capital assault. pope in the middle east. the historic visit by francis to iraq amid super-tight security. royal feud: tonight, why the duchess of sussex tells oprah she feels liberated. horrific crash as a car plows into an outdoor dining area in new york city. the latest on the injured tonight. tainted baby f food: the federal government takes action after toxins are found in certain baby foods. and it's friday, so cbs' steve hartman is "on the road," with a story of love that bloomed as the pandemic unfolded. >> this is the "cbs evening

news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin tonight with the rapid move to start loosening coronavirus restrictions, and a new warning that those changes could lead to another deadly spike in cases. tonight, dr. anthony fauci says he is concerned that a recent drop in infections nationwide has now stalled and could start climbing again. new research from the c.d.c. appears to back that up, suggesting that in places where in-person dining is allowed, the death rate from covid goes up. at the same time, scientists at the c.d.c. say they now have evidence that masks work, leading to fewer infections and deaths. meantime tonight, state lawmakers in new york are moving to strip governor andrew cuomo of the emergency powers he's used to keep restrictions there in place. the move comes on the heels of allegations that his administration covered up the reporting of covid deaths at nursing homes, and as the

governor is facing accusations of sexual harassment from three women. tonight, we have more of our exclusive interview with one of those women, charlotte bennett. she says that not only did the governor harass her, but when she reported it, his legal counsel said the allegations didn't need to be investigated. we'll get to that in just a moment, but we're going to begin with those new warnings about reopening. cbs' nikki battiste is in new york city. good evening, nikki. >> reporter: good evening. here in new york, movie theaters were allowed to open today at 25% capacity, some showings at this one have sold out, and may be a sign people are ready to get back to normal. but the c.d.c. says now is not the time to let our guard down. across america, glimpses of a post-pandemic life. tonight, arizona ending restrictions on bars and restaurants and allowing baseball fans in time for spring training. connecticut announcing plans to lift capacity limits on most businesses.

and atlanta, ready to host the n.b.a. all star game with fans pouring in from out of state. >> god bless. i hope so. i would love to see business improve. >> reporter: but normalcy may be much further off. tonight, a very different timeline from dr. anthony fauci on instagram live. >> the logistic constraint of getting the vaccine into people's arms will probably take an additional few months. so, we project that anyone who wants to get vaccinated will have gotten vaccinated by the time we get to the end of the summer and the beginning of the fall. >> reporter: and as states like texas and mississippi roll back mask mandates, a sobering new study from the c.d.c., which looked at counties that allowed indoor dining and those with mask mandates. it found that those with restrictions had far lower rates of illness and death. >> it also serves as a warning about premature lifting of these prevention measures. >> reporter: as for prevention,

there is promising news as two million americans are now getting a vaccine dose every day, on average. that's more than double from inauguration day. and in rural kentucky, a u.p.s. truck dropped off johnson & johnson vials to this tiny 25- bed hospital yesterday. the vulnerable include 90-year- old alberta thomas. >> as soon as i found out about this shot, i said, "i will get that one." >> yeah. >> i will get that one. it was top priority. >> reporter: state-run mass vaccination sites got a boost from the addition of the johnson & johnson vaccine. both sites have begun taking overnight appointments to meet demand. norah. >> o'donnell: nikki battiste, thank you. tonight, debate on the president's $1.9 trillion covid relief plan has stalled in the senate, with democrats trying to nail down votes to pass it. republicans are united against it, saying the economy is already recovering and that today's report that 379,000 jobs

were created last month is proof, they say, that we don't need all that spending. cbs' nikole killion reports from the capitol. >> reporter: senate democrats are facing new hurdles tonight over a key element in the president's covid relief after several hours of negotiation that stalled debate on the senate floor they reached an agreement with west virginia's joe manchin. >> reporter: people like stacy rodriguez of ohio, who needs the $1,400 check included in the bill to pay for her daughter's medical expenses. >> we're barely scraping by. so, if that means i don't eat, then i don't eat. >> reporter: what would your message be to lawmakers right now?

>> my response would be to please keep in mind families like mine that really are depending on the stimulus package. i mean, to some people, $1,400 doesn't seem like a lot, but to others, it's making ends meet. >> reporter: democrats still hope to pass the bill this weekend. >> but we are going to power through and finish this bill, however long it takes. >> reporter: a white house official tells cbs news president biden supports a and husband team were in close contact with senators to find a resolution on unemployment benefits, which are due to expire in just oaf a week. >> o'donnell: nikole killion, thank you. and turning now to our exclusive interview with governor andrew cuomo's former assistant. charlotte bennett says new york's governor sexually harassed her and that he was trying to sleep with her. and tonight, bennett tells cbs news who she reported her claims to and what happened next. >> i was nervous. i was emotional. >> o'donnell: days after bennett

says governor cuomo harassed her, she reported it to his chief of staff, saying she no longer wanted to work directly for him. what happened during that meeting? >> i sat down and pretty quickly just said, "i love working here. i love you guys. but the governor crossed a line with me last week." and she asked me what i was referring to. and i said, "he said he was lonely. he said he wanted a girlfriend. he asked me if i had slept with older men. he said he was willing to sleep with younger women," and at that point that was enough for her. and she was just like, what can we do here? >> o'donnell: two days later, she says she was transferred to a new job. >> it felt, to me, like, if i got a new job, we didn't have to investigate this. and i really did not want it to be investigated. i was terrified. >> o'donnell: you were happy with the deal. >> yeah. >> o'donnell: but after the meeting, bennet texted her mom saying she felt, "happy and relieved and sad. he shouldn't have robbed this experience or this path from

me." then on june 30, bennet was called into another meeting, this time with the governor's chief of staff and general counsel. >> it was a long and thorough conversation. >> o'donnell: what was the reaction? >> at first they apologized. they said it was inappropriate. when i asked them if they could let it go, saying "i don't want this to be investigated. please drop this," you know, because i was scared. she said, "you came to us before anything serious happened. it was just grooming, and it was not yet considered sexual harassment, so, for that, we do not need to investigate." >> o'donnell: debra katz represents bennet in new york state's independent investigation. >> when she said, "i am terrified, i don't want you to investigate." what they should have said is, "we have a legal duty to investigate." >> let's honor all the women who have suffered. >> o'donnell: in 2019, the governor signed into law an amendment making it easier to prove sexual harassment. >> the law he signed himself

makes clear that sexual harassment includes creating conditions that make someone feel uncomfortable because you're sexually propositioning them. >> o'donnell: governor cuomo was a champion of a law that made it easier for women to claim sexual harassment. >> that's correct. >> o'donnell: he also mandated employees in the state take sexual harassment training. on wednesday, the governor was asked if he took the training. >> the short answer is yes. >> in 2019, he did not take the sexual harassment training. >> o'donnell: how do you know that? >> i was there. i heard stephanie say, "i can't believe i'm doing this for you," and making a joke about the fact that she was completing the training for him, and then i heard her at the end ask him to sign the certificate. >> o'donnell: in a statement, stephanie benton, cuomo's office director, categorically denies the exchange and says this is not true. what do you think should happen to andrew cuomo? >> i think he should start telling the truth. i'm really confident in this

investigation. but if this investigation finds that he has conducted himself this way-- which he absolutely has, because i have contemporaneous evidence-- he should step down. >> o'donnell: and in a new statement, governor cuomo's special counsel tells cbs news, "we continue to believe the matter was handled appropriately and look forward to cooperating fully with the attorney general's review." also i want to let you know that later tonight you can find an extended version of our interview with charlotte bennett. that will be on cbsnews.com. and tonight, a former trump campaign worker and state department appointee is facing multiple charges in the capitol riot. federal prosecutors say federico klein was seen using a stolen police shield to pry open a door and later bashing officers with it. klein was still working at the state department with top-secret security clearance until two

weeks after the riot. now turning overseas, pope francis is making history tonight as the first leader of the catholic church to visit iraq. security is extremely tight, just days after a rocket attack on an airbase that houses u.s. troops. cbs' chris livesay reports tonight from baghdad. >> reporter: "religion must serve the cause of peace and unity," the pontiff said during his visit to the very church where a jihadist attack left dozens dead in 2010. one survivor told us, "the pope is bringing a message of hope and deliverance. we pray this visit will bring change." from the former isis stronghold of mosul, to the ancient ziggurat of ur, security is high along the pope's historic route, with curfews in place to limit the spread of iraq's other deadly threat-- covid. but for many spectators, caution has been low, sparking fears of super-spreader events at a time the pandemic is raging, and

iraqis are reeling from decades of sectarian violence, just one reason for francis' meeting tomorrow with iraq's senior shi'a cleric grand ayatollah al-sistani. as the pontiff said today, iraq's religious diversity is a precious resource, not an obstacle to eliminate. later in the trip, pope francis will visit towns once occupied by isis, where christians witnessed their families murdered and their churches desecrated. now they'll witness the pope himself saying mass in them. norah. mself saying mass i >> o'donnell: what a historic trip. chris livesay, thank you. well, tonight, a new escalation in the royal feud. in her interview with oprah winfrey, the duchess of sussex describes a stifling atmosphere at buckingham palace. cbs' charlie d'agata has new details from london. >> reporter: in the latest jab at liviving life a as a royal,l, meghan m markle saysys she coult eveven speak w with oprah h winy without t palace person l

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